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GARMENT.

Application filed August 7, 1922. Serial No. 580,011.-

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known4 that I, .IULIUs C. RUEDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at 764 42nd Street, Milwaukee, in thecountyof Milwaukee and State of Viscons-in, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Garments, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiica- My invention relates to clothing, and more specifically to any garment held in place by bands Orstraps passing over the shoulders of the wearer.

One object of the invention is t0 provide simple and improved means for adjusting the length of such shoulder straps.

Another object is to eliminate the use of metallic clips or buckles for this purpose. By such elimination I avoid one of the most serious objections to the use of adjustable shoulder straps on garments worn next the person of the wearer.

Another object is to extend the use of adjustable shoulder straps to garments ordinarily worn next the person of the wearer.

Another object is to make it possible to adjust the exact height at which the garment is held without changing its shape.

Another object is to make this adjustment continuous over a wide range.

Another object is to provide for making the adjustment quickly and easily by the wearer with the shoulders of the wearer in normal position.

It will be apparent that my invention is applicable to garments generally, inclu-ling workmens garments of the over-all type, garments used in bathing, and ladies undergarments, which last are at present universally provided with shoulder straps which are not adjustable.

Further Objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a garment according to my invention in posit-ion on the wearer; and

Figure 2 is a rear view of the same.

In the embodiment of my invention selected for illustration, the shoulder strap 10 is formed of a single piece of material attached at one end, as at 12, to the upper edge of the v'der the arm and across the front to substantially the middle at 18. The strapy passes through the tubular hem and projects beyond the same at 20. The projecting ends of the straps may be tied together, and by sliding the straps lin the tubular hein and tying them, the length ofthe portion passingpover the shoulder maybe suit-ably adjusted.

In case the garment is of light material or easily stretched, or in case the strains imposed thereon by movement of the wearer make it desirable, the garment may be reinforced in the back between the ends of the hems 16 by another hem or reinforcing strip 22 to take the tension tending to pull the ends of hems 16 apart, and properly support the back of the garment.

Without further elaboration, the foregoing will so fully explain the gist of my invention, that others may, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt the same for use under various conditions of service. It will, for instance, be obvious that hems 16 and 22 may be formed of the same fabric as the body of the garment, and of the same piece Of fabric as that constituting the body of the garment, whether the garment is knitted, made of woven fabric, leather, fine mesh wire cloth, or any other material. It will be equally obvious that they may, and often will be, as in the embodiment disclosed, formed of separate pieces of material of different texture and strength from the body of the garment. The end attachments at l2 in the embodiment disclosed, are spaced from the middle of the garment, about halfway to the side, but it will be obvious that these pointsv could both be attached in the middle. By varying the points of attachment of ends 12, a large number' of attractive designs of garments can be produced. It will be apparent that hems 16 might extend from the middle only part way to the side and the straps pass from the back over the shoulder to the front and to the center to be tied.

As applied to ladies undergarments, einbodiments of my invention may be made particularly convenient and attractive when tinguished from those in which the garment itself, or lace attached thereto, passes over the shoulder, and a drawstring round the neck is provided.

Many modifications and alterations may be made by those skilled in the art without eliminating certain features which may properly be said to constitute the essential items of novelty, which items are intended to be defined and secured to me by the following claims:

I claim 1.In a garment, a body portion, means i for slidably guiding a, strap member at the upper edge and on each side ofsai-d body portion, and strap members xedly attached to the upper edge of said body portion and extending through said guiding means and adapted to be tied together between said guiding means.

2. In a garment, a body portion adapted to encircle the body of the wearer under the arms, means for slidably guiding a strap member at the upper-edge, under the arms, at the front and on each side of said body portion, andstrap members extending from a point of attachmentto the upperedge of said body portion aty the front, adapted to pass over the shoulders of the wearer, and entering the respective guiding means at the back and passing forwardly therethrough under the arms to the front where they meet each other to be tied together.

. 3. In a garment, a body portion having an open ended hem extending along the upper edge thereof on each side from back of the arms of the wearer forwardly under them and across the front to the center, and straps, each attached to a side of the front upper edge of said body portion, said straps being adapted to pass over the shoulders of the wearer and then forwardly through the hems.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 3rd 'day of August, 1922.

JULIUS C. RUEDT. 

